IRVING — Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Wednesday that starting cornerbacks Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne and unrestricted free agent linebacker/defensive end Anthony Spencer would be good fits in the Cowboys’ new 4-3 defense.

Garrett said that Carr and Claiborne can excel in man-to-man or zone coverage.

“They both have great ball skills, so the opportunity to play a little more zone, with their eyes to the football a little bit more, hopefully they can make more plays,” Garrett said.

Garrett pointed out that Spencer was a 4-3 defensive end when the Cowboys selected him in the first round of the 2007 draft out of Purdue.

“We converted him to an outside [strong-side] linebacker in our 3-4 system,” Garrett said. “We feel like he’s played both, but I do see him as more of a defensive end or [strong-side] linebacker type rather than an off-the-ball linebacker type in a 3-4 defense.”

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